Boot and shoe



E.-E. WINKLEY.

BOOT AND SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18 I917. RENEWED MAR. 22. I920. 1,438,204.

Patented Dec. 12, 192 2.

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Application filed May 18,1917, Serial No. 169,382. gltenewed March 22, 1920. Serial No. 367,890. 1

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Be it known that-I, Emis'r'us E. WINK- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented cerlthis end the invention comprises the novel tain new and useful Improvements in Boots and Shoes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to an improvement in boots and shoes, and morev especially to an improvement in the bottoms of boots and shoes,- particularly the heel.

' In that process of constructing boots and shoes in which the outsole is of less length than the boot or shoe as a whole, a ShOIY, projection or tongue extending rearwardly from the shank portion of the outsole is received in a correspondingly shaped'recess at the breast of the heel seat of the heei, so that the face of the heel seat and the flesh side of the outsole of the shoe-bottom thus constructed form one continuous sun face. When such a heel and short outsole are applied to the lasted shoe, the margin of the heel seat of the heel presses immediately against the counter portion of the upper, which has been lasted over the heel seat of-the insole. This leaves an air space inside of the infolded edge of the upper between the heel and the insole. If this space is not filled, when the heel is attached to the shoe the insole will be drawn by the heel nails into contact with the heel, forming a depression or cup inside the shoe which is both unsightly and uncomfortable to the wearer ofthe shoe. Furthermore, the strain on the insole is liable to cause the upper abovethe' rand to draw away from the heel, which produces a grinning joint at this part of the shoe, an undesirable feature as those skilled in the art will recog nize. It is therefore desirable to fill in this air space, and for this purpose a filler composed of leather or leatherboard and out to the requisite shape and thickness has heretofore been used. The expense incident to ducing a heel, suitable for incorporation in vembe'r'lo, 1921. that the material of which the heel is composed and the manner of constructingiit,

a shoe with a short outsole, of such construe heel, and the improved shoe-bottom includng said heel, hereinafter described and par ticularly pointed out the. appended claims. I

,The preferred form in which it is oon- .templated embodying the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a plan 'viewlooking at thev on ivrAonrnnn'y oonronn'rlon, or ra'rnnson; NEW JERSEY, I

flesh side of the sole, of an assembled heel. and sole of the character Ihe'reinbefore :re-

ferred to, before attachment to a shoe E ig.

2 is a transverse section throughthecounter port on of a shoe with the heel of- Fig.-

which is of less lengththan the boot orshoe as a whole. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the outsole 6 may be of any suitable pattern and is provided at the rear end of theshank witha rearwardly 1 attached and Fig.3 is a perspective view olfl the. novel heel before attachment to a f The present improved heel is applicable to any type of bootsor shoe having anoutsole" extending projection,or;tongue, 8 which adaptedto berecelved in a correspondingly formed recess 10 at 'thebr'ea'st of the heel seat of theheel 12, both of which parts are formed preferably,although not necessarily,

as illustrated in myLetters Patent of the United StatesNo. 1,396,801,'granted No- It is to be understood with the exception of the configuration of the heel seat 14, are-no part of the present] invention. 7 a During the construction of the shoe, the

lasting of the upper-16 to the insole 18 leaves a: depression within the infolded' edge 20 of the upper, which, in order to .at the joint between the heel andupper, is

secure afirm heel seatand prevent checking usually taken up by a filler.

The necessity of providing a separate filler for the space justreferred to is oba viated in the resent invention by providing a filler piece 'orming a part of the heel seat of the heel. This fillerjfpiece' is formed,

preferably as a projection 22 rising from the central part of the heel seat, the front wall 24 of which is a continuation of the rear wall of the breast recess 10. The surface of the projection 22 lies in a plane above the flesh side of the sole as shown by the shade line in Fig. 1, and also in Fig. 3 where the relation of the thickness of the sole to the wall 24- is indicated by the dotted line 26 The raised filler piece 22 may conveniently be produced by forming a recess'28 whichezrheight oi the tiller piece 22 bein immaterial.

The marginal recess 28 is adapted to receive the infolded edges 20 of the counter portion of the upper, when the heel is incorporated'in a shoe, so that the upper "face of the tiller piece 22, produced by the recess, is permitted to bear diicctly against the insole, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus :torm a smooth, solid tr ad for the heel oi the wearer otthe shoe. 7

While the features of the invention have been shown and described in their preferred embodiment, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise than as shown in the drawings and described in the specification and 'yet be withinthe scope of the following claims.

Having thus described-the invention, what is claimed as new is l 1. A heel for boots and shoes having its heel seat face provided witha marginal re cess to receive the infolded edges of the counter portion of the upper, leaving the central part of its heel seat in a higher plane than the recessed marginal portion, and having a breast-end recess to receive the'shanlfend of a short outsole.

2. A heel for boots and shoes having, its heel-seat face provided with marginal recess of only sui'iicient depth to receive the iniolded edges of the counter portion of the upper, and also provided with a breast-end recess of greater depth to receive the shankend of a short outsole.

3. A. heel for boots and shoes having a recess at the breast portion of its heel seat to receive a correspondingly shaped tongue of the outsole, and a projection adjoining said recess rising from the central part of said heel seat.

4. A shoe-bottom having, in combination, a sole provided, at the rear end of its shank portion, With a short rearwardly projecting tongue; and a. heel having its heel seat provided with a breast recess to receive said tongue and with a marginal recess, adapted to receive the infolded edges of a counter portion of the upper whenthe shoe-bottom is applied to alasted shoe.

5. A shoe-bottom having, in combination, a sole provided, at the rear end of its shank portion, with a short rearwardly projecting filling the space between said intol'ded edges. l

7. A shoe-bottom having in combination, an insole to which the .iinfolded edg-csoi the counter portion of the upper, are attached; a heel havin its heel-seat faceprovided with a marginalrecess. to receive said intolded edges, leaving the central part of the heel seat in a higher plane-than the recessed portion to support the insole. anda short outsole abut-ting against the forward of said raised central part.

8. A shoe-bottom having, in combination, a sole provided at the rear end of its shankportion with a rearwardly projecting tongue;

heel provided at the breast-end of its-heelseat face witha tongue-receiving recess and with a marginal recess extending along the sides and back of theheel; and an insole to which. the infolded edges of the counter portion of the upper are attached, said insole resting directly upon the central unrecessed part of the heel and the intolded edges lying in said marginal recess.

9, A heel for boots and shoes having a marginal recess extending along the sides and back of the heel to receive the infolded edges of the counter portion of the upper, and a centralzraisedportion adapted to support the insole, said central raised portion being indented from thebreest of the heel to provide a support for the shank-end of a short outsole.

- ERASTUS E. WINKLEY. 

